Comment and analysis

2013

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   © Garde Bertrand / Hemis.fr 2013

   Report on the Fishing industry

   Caught at sea: fighting forced labour in the fishing industry

   31 May 2013

   The fishing sector is an important source of employment, income and food production for many countries. But there are serious incidents of abuse in some fisheries and fishing vessels. By Beate Andrees, head of the ILO’s Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour.

2012

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   Article

   Questions and answers on forced labour

   01 June 2012

   New figures published by the ILO estimate the total number of forced labourers across the world at nearly 21 million. This means that three out of every 1,000 people worldwide are in forced labour today. These new figures aim to inform better global policy responses to end the crime of modern forced labour.